The blessing and curse of proximity marketing | Marketing Dive - 1 views
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Whether you are a fashion retailer or a chain drugstore, proximity marketing should be on your radar
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According to recent studies, including a report by Retail Touchpoints, nearly half of retailers in the U.S. la
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unched proximity marketing programs going into 2016, and the number has only skyrocketed this year.
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This article talks about the benefits of proximity marketing and why it is the new wave in which companies should get engaged and begin finding ways to utilize this kind of marketing amongst their consumers. The collected data is priceless information for a company to gather about its ideal customers and how to engage them. However, the downsides the article brings up are the legalities around opt-in and the opportunity to allow consumers to opt-out with ease, and the pressures to get the marketing continuously. That is a compliance issue that companies should stay clear and consider. Also, it the importance to build security features to care for this data and information being shared online.